Many people believe that mythology ceased to be relevant after the arrival of science, and the resulting rise of atheism. A new tool arose to distinguish between truth and false narratives – measurement, not doctrine. Monotheistic religions staked sole claim to the truth in the 19th century, but then science, with its atheistic foundations, usurped this position, shoving monotheistic religions into the realm of mythology, an idea tha...

Donald Trump fits the idea of what Vishnu’s last avatar epitomises – an invasive, violent, disruptive force that redefines old ideas. I have always maintained that the horse-riding Kalki, the final avatar of Vishnu, is not a saviour who brings back old ideas, but rather an invader, whose violent disruption forces old ideas to redefine, reframe and rejuvenate themselves. For the idea of Kalki emerged with the arrival of Greek, Huns, M...

Notes Pay attention, or else Mythologies as Compression Algorithms The materialistic view cannot tell us anything about consciousness. Plato proposed that all knowledge was remembering. We do not believe that today because we believe that we gather knowledge as consequence of contact in with world. But there are some things that are predicated on this idea remembering since it strikes such a deep cord. Models of the world that includ...

Notes Origins for Redemption The question we ask ourselves is why are we here? We are here to search for meaning. Why is this something that drives human beings? Other animals do not seem to have this level of questioning. So what is it about humans? It has been associated with the word redemption. People have the need for redemption. Having a need for redemption is a profound idea. People talk about positive psychology and happiness...